Data Center Infrastructure Engineer II

Location: Fully onsite at a secure federal installation in the Washington, DC metro area. Relocation and travel assistance available. For teams of two or more in the same region, alternate accredited SCIF work locations may be supported.

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KORE1, a nationwide provider of staffing and recruiting solutions, has an immediate opening for a Data Center Infrastructure Engineer: vBlock + VCP-DCV | Active TS

As a Data Center Infrastructure Engineer II, you'll design and sustain mission-critical data center environments with the goal to make an impact across the federal government. Our team is responsible for delivering secure, high-availability infrastructure operations, and you'll contribute hands-on expertise that strengthens reliability, resilience, and the organization's ability to support critical missions.

What you'll do:

• Use enterprise data center technologies to manage and operate servers, storage, networking, and power systems supporting mission-critical environments within the federal government.
• Support and sustain high-availability operations by monitoring infrastructure health, responding to incidents, and troubleshooting complex hardware and facility issues.
• Design, implement, and improve data center infrastructure solutions that increase reliability, performance, and resiliency.
• Participate actively in Agile execution, planning, and technical discussions, contributing immediately with hands-on expertise.
• Identify risks, constraints, and capacity concerns, and communicate them clearly along with mitigation strategies and recommendations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure infrastructure changes are executed safely and with minimal operational impact.
• Apply best practices for security, availability, and operational excellence in secure, high-visibility environments.
• Establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence through disciplined execution, ownership, and technical excellence.

What you'll need to succeed:

• Active U.S. Government Issued Top Secret security clearance (or higher level classification).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related engineering field is required. Relevant experience may substitute where appropriate.
• Required technical certifications include VMware VCP-DCV or equivalent data center platform certification and Security+.
• Possess DoD 8140 certification aligned to the 451 System Administrator work role, such as Security+, Cloud+, SSCP, CASP+, or CISSP.
• 8+ years of direct experience designing, implementing, and managing geographically dispersed data center infrastructure in enterprise or mission-critical environments.
• Demonstrated experience ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of data center operations, including servers, storage, networking, power, and environmental resource requirements.
• Hands-on experience administering virtualized data center platforms, including VMware / VBlock
• Operational experience managing compute, storage, and network infrastructure, including capacity planning, performance optimization, and lifecycle management.
• Hands-on experience supporting high-availability data center operations, including monitoring, fault isolation, and incident response.
• Ability to contribute immediately with minimal ramp-up in a mission-critical operational environment.

This position is designated as essential personnel supporting continuity of operations and may require work during government shutdowns, emergencies, or other critical situations.

SALARY RANGE: $170-230K.

The salary range for this position is determined based on qualifications, skills, and relevant experience. The final salary offered will be determined based on several factors including:

• The candidate's professional background and relevant work experience
• The specific responsibilities of the role and organizational needs
• Internal equity and alignment with current team compensation

This role is also eligible for additional compensation, subject to the terms and policies, which may include:

• Performance-based bonuses
• Company-paid training and/or certifications